Good Morning Brother!

This morning I heard the babies talking in their room after they woke up. This is not an uncommon occurence but I thought it was so cute to see them standing in their cribs greeting each other for the day!

 

Overdue Update

I imported my pictures from the camera to the computer last night and I realized that I am way overdue for an update! The holidays flew by and we were busy!

Here's the quick catch up!

Our first significant snow storm came in early November. It was the perfect storm because most of the snowfall happened at night. On Saturday morning we had about 4-5 inches of fresh snow and it was sunny! We bundled up and met our neighbors outside for a fun morning of making snowmen and warming up with hot chocolate.

My brother got married the week of Thanksgiving!! He married the most wonderful girl named Alison and they were married in the Mesa, AZ temple. It was wonderful! We made the trip down to AZ and decided to do some touristing on the way down. We drove from our house to Grand Canyon National Park and stayed the night. I don't want to relive what it was like to share a hotel room with a 2 year old and 2 infants...use your imagination... The next morning we explored the Grand Canyon. It was GRAND!! Seriously, I had NO idea how big it really is! Amazing! We decided to carpe diem and took a helicopter ride over the canyon. SO FANTASTIC!!! Even Audrey got to ride and she loved it! 

I realize only one of my twinners is pictured. Redick was asleep.

What a great couple!

My amazing grandma drove home from California with me and the kids and was a wonderful help! She stayed at our house for a few days cooking up a storm in the kitchen, feeding us delicious meals, cleaning up after herself, and watching the kids for us while Mitchell and I went on dates! It was AMAZING! THANK YOU GRANDMA!!

We came home from a date to find out that the babies had refused the bottles we left and had cried themselves to sleep on Grandma's lap. I'm impressed she was still smiling!

On December 12th Redick and Reid turned 6 months old!! I don't remember the first 6 months of Audrey's life flying by as they have this time! In another 6 months they will be 1 and no longer babies! Unbelievable! 

Here are the stats:

REDICK:

Height: 26.5 in        45%

Weight: 14 lbs 1oz    3%

Head Circ: 43cm    41%

REID:

Height: 25.5 in        9%

Weight: 13 lbs 14oz  2%

Head Circ: 43cm      41%

Both babies are totally mobile now! They are in the in-between stage where they are able to crawl but it's still faster to army crawl, scoot and roll. They can get anywhere they want though. Their napping schedule is pretty predictable and they are really happy babies. They started eating purees a few weeks ago and they LOVE it! So far they have loved sweet potato, carrots, green beans, peas, banana squash, acorn squash, bananas, pears, peaches and tri tip steak. That's right, steak. We're trying to put hair on their chests early! They have also tried unsweetened applesauce, Reid loved it, Redick thought it was way too sour!

We got to spend Christmas in California this year. We spread the celebrations over 3 days in California with all of the extended family then we came home and continued with a few more presents! Audrey has now been asking for presents every day. Haha! Santa was apparently really busy this year so he promised to bring something super awesome to those patient kids who were willing to wait until after the big Christmas rush. After we got home from CA this was waiting for Audrey in the basement! She has been getting a great workout the last couple of days!

Well that's the short version of the last couple of months for us! Happy New Year!

Photo Shoot

Redick

Redick

Redick

Redick

Reid

Reid

Reid

 

Personality Shot

Ok, We're done!

4 Month Stats

I'm a little late recording this but a week or so ago Redick and Reid had their 4 month check up. They are both growing and doing great! Here are the stats and some info about each little boy.

Redick:
Length: 25 1/4"     41%
Weight: 13lbs 2 oz   5%
HC: 41 1/4 cm     27%

Wearing 3-6 month clothes. Still has a rounder face and a little more bulk than his brother. His eyes are grayish blue and brown hair. Redick loves to roll and will travel all over the living room to investigate anything he can find. Redick "talks" a lot and will give long sermons when he is in a good mood. His cry is very mello and subdued and he is overall a content and happy guy.

Reid:
Length: 25"             29%
Weight: 12lbs 6oz    2%
HC: 41 1/4cm        27%

Also, wearing 3-6 month clothes. Reid is pretty pale and has light blond hair. His hair will not lay down against his head, it just puffs straight out. His eyes are definitely blue. Reid drools a ton and is always soaking the front of his shirt. Reid can also roll around but is much more content to stay in one place and play with a toy. He is very social and gets really animated when he gets attention from anyone, including from Redick. His cry is shrill and frantic, he will not be ignored! However, he is pretty easy to calm with some eye contact and attention.


We love these little boys!

Redick                                               Reid

Colvins Visit!

This week my sister and her husband and my wonderful niece and nephew came to visit! We had so much fun this week! Here's the recap...

Playing at the park

Seeing sting rays at the aquarium

Driving the boat at the aquarium

Ricky's most common request... "I want yogurt!"

All the kids with Uncle James and Aunt Alison

It snowed!

A snowball!

"Can we come in now?"

We went to a fun play place with an arcade and carousel. Ricky was way too busy exploring to pose for a picture!

Mitchell built a tower of foam blocks around the girls! They were trapped! :)

Down the slide

Riding the carousel

Little brothers came along to join in the fun! (Reid left, Redick right)

Ricky: "This place is so much fun I can hardly contain myself!"

Cute little girls!

Cinderella

Princes Charming

Cinderella, Ninja, Prince Charming #1, Snow White, Prince Charming #2

The Colvins!

Thank you for spending the week with us Colvins! We LOVED having you here! It was so fun! We'll see you again in 23 days!